Ed Murphy is a Supply Priest who fills in at various parishes around the Finger Lakes. His “Faith Perspectives” column is ...

For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me. But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us.

(Ps. 130:6-7). I do not want to overly romanticize a monastic setting, because Thomas Merton once said that he really learned the beauty of the psalms when he said them under the pine trees free f ...

Zacchaeus was a wealthy, conniving tax collector. When he climbed a tree to see Jesus, Jesus saw him and invited him to come ...

Scripture Reflection for the Third Sunday of Lent: This certainly isn’t Jesus at his most pastoral.

“Submit to God; resist the devil and he will take flight. Draw close to God, and he will draw close to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; purify your hearts, you backsliders. Be humbled in the ...

In the Book of Romans, the Apostle Paul comprehensively details God’s plan for our salvation. God created man to live on the ...

There are far too many things about the knowledge of God that are simply beyond man’s pay grade, as David admits.

David of the Old Testament said in Psalm 69:3, “I am worn out calling for help; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God.” The great prophet Elijah was once so discouraged and depressed ...

Sofia Gubaidulina’s work, with its thorniness and religious themes, put her at odds with the Soviet government.

Session three centres on penitential psalms that evoke sorrow over our transgressions. Psalms 6, 38, 51 and 130 have been used to help the faithful prepare for the Sacrament of Reconciliation. Notably ...

Ahead of Timothée Chalamet's rumoured proposal, we take a look at the most stunning engagement rings in the Kardashian Jenner ...